Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun:
Ecclesiastes 4:7
Surrounding context
4:6 Better a handful with quietness Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.
4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun:
4:8 There is one alone, without companion: He has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labors, Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. But he never asks, "For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?" This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.